Prisons Alabama Department of Corrections proposes $50 million budget increase A large portion of the ADOC's requested budget would go toward staffing needs and increases to wages, salaries, and benefits. Alex JobinFebruary 7, 2025
Prisons Alabama prisoner becomes 69th to die with COVID-19 Cleveland Thomas, 73, died on Dec. 2 and tested positive for COVID-19 during an autopsy. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 15, 2021
Prisons Alabama Department of Corrections investigating possible prisoner suicide Leon Latham, 47, was found unresponsive by prison staff. His death is the latest in a string of deaths inside Alabama prisons. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 13, 2021
Prisons Chris England reacts to prison commissioner’s departure Perhaps no other Alabama lawmaker has been more vocal in calling for Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn's replacement. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 8, 2021
Prisons ADOC Commissioner Jeff Dunn out at end of year Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed John Hamm, current deputy secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, to replace Dunn. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 7, 2021
Prisons ADOC classifies 2020 death of incarcerated man as homicide Darnell McMillian died in 2020 after being placed in a cell with another incarcerated man. Both were on suicide watch. Eddie BurkhalterDecember 6, 2021
Prisons Alabama to resume prison visitations with restrictions Alabama is the last state to resume prison visitations, according to The Marshall Project and statements from Mississippi and Virginia. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 29, 2021
Prisons DOJ provides court with specific details of abuse, unconstitutional conditions in Alabama prisons The amended complaint was necessary after a federal judge told the DOJ that its allegations weren't specific enough. Josh MoonNovember 23, 2021
Prisons Former Alabama correctional officer gets more than seven years in prison on drug charges Gary Charles Dixon, Jr. pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 18, 2021
Prisons After blanket testing, 75 incarcerated men at Staton prison test positive for COVID Alabama prisons in June had the fifth highest number of COVID deaths per capita in the nation. Eddie BurkhalterNovember 17, 2021
Prisons Art exhibition to feature works of current, formerly incarcerated individuals The organizations are working together to create an arts exhibition called “Changing the Course." StaffNovember 11, 2021